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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1989

WIDE-RANGING FESTIVAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR SHAM SHUI PO RESIDENTS

THREE-WEEK

RESIDENTS IN SHAM SHUI PO WILL BE TREATED то A EXTRAVAGANZA OF CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, SPORTS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE 1988-89 SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

THE FESTIVAL, COMPRISING 51 EVENTS, WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 8) AND CONTINUE UNTIL JANUARY 28.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 1988-89 SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FESTIVAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR CHOI WAN-HOE, ANNOUNCED THE PROGRAMME AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

"THE FESTIVAL, WHICH HAS BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT OF SHAM SHUI PO, AIMS AT FOSTERING RESIDENTS' SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT, PROMOTING THEIR INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, SPORTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES, AND ENHANCING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT," MR CHOI SAID.

"IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT THE FESTIVITIES WILL QUALITY OF LIFE OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.'

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THE FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE.

THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WILL BE STAGED BY MORE THAN 30 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS AREA COMMITTEES AND RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATIONS.

THE FESTIVAL, ESTIMATED TO COST MORE THAN $1 MILLION,

IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS.

MR CHOI SAID THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, WOULD OFFICIATE AT A SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL THIS SUNDAY AT THE ACADEMY COMMUNITY HALL IN KOWLOON TONG.

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AFTER THE CEREMONY THERE WILL BE A VARIETY SHOW SINGING BY POPULAR ARTISTES AND CHOIRS AS WELL AS A DRAMA PERFORMANCE.

"IN RESPONSE TO THE TERRITORY-WIDE CAMPAIGN то PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION, THE EMPHASIS OF THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT FESTIVAL WILL BE PLACED ON THE PROMOTION OF THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WITH 21 EVENTS FOCUSSING ON THEMES RELATED TO CIVIC EDUCATION, 門 MR CHOI NOTED.

ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, A MOCK DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD IN A HOTEL, WITH 40 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TAKING THE ROLE OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND DISCUSSING ISSUES OF DISTRICT INTEREST.

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